Innovation at dunnhumby

For us, innovation is the outcome. It’s the driving force behind everything we do. It’s how we think, collaborate, and approach every challenge. It's never innovation for its own sake; it's innovation that drives growth and better experiences for customers.

Retail innovation network

Find out more

Retail innovation network

Innovate with us

Find out more

Innovate with us

Investments

Find out more

Investments

Our Retail Innovation Network

Our global program brings together industry pioneers. Our goal? Remove barriers to innovation and accelerate across the retail and consumer goods ecosystem. That’s why we lead the Retail Innovation Network, a global community where we share monthly "take-outs" and host events designed to keep us ahead of shifting markets.

The Network is a platform for building strategic partnerships, seeking and providing growth funding, and exchanging global industry expertise. As a member, you'll get insider access to exclusive reports, member-only events, and introductions that open doors.

Powering the future of retail through data, innovation, and collaboration.

Our ambition is to propel our industry forward by turning bold ideas into reality. We seek emerging technologies and data-led solutions that help retailers and CPGs better understand, engage, and serve their customers.

We partner with companies and entrepreneurs with existing solutions or innovative visions—whether enhancing what dunnhumby already does, co-developing new propositions, or incubating from the ground up—to scale innovation across our clients and the wider ecosystem.

Got an idea for us?

If you have a solution you’d like to share with us,

please submit your proposal for the team to review.

dunnhumby Ventures

Our venture fund helps us back businesses with big ideas and even bigger ambitions. We invest in start-ups early, specifically those in data and AI, to innovate the customer experience for shoppers everywhere.

We team up with founders early by tapping into our retail expertise, data science, and global client base of retailers and suppliers. Using data and customer insight to transform big ideas into data-driven solutions that transform the retail customer experience at scale.

Our portfolio

We partner with startups and tech companies whose propositions are creating value across category management, consumer insights, loyalty, retail media, and beyond.